tl;dr: What is the configuration of JMRI to connect to a Standalone Loconet via for BT Locobridge and the only contain ComandStations.

Hi, I got a standalone Loconet with products from mollehem.se –?that works fine.

As I bought the Products, I could configure them via JMRI and the Bluetooth interface. It was a bit tricky to get it running. I tried all Comand-Stations – they disconnect the BT-connection to the Interface on start of PanelPro.
But after some trail and error it worked with a connection over a 'LocoNet LocoBuffer'. I saw logs in the log, could configure and control via JMRI.

The Problem is, after that single success I never got it running since then and tried several configurations over the time – No success.

As far as I remember, the Settings have been:
System Manufacturer: Digitrax
System Conection: 'LocoNet LocoBuffer' or 'LocoNet LocoBuffer II'
Serial port: cu.LBridge582
Command station type: Stand-alone LocoNet

I would expect that 'Monitor LocoNet' shows logs when something is happening within Loconet. But wen the connection looks fine, it stays blank (and nothing else works).

MySetup:
JMRI: 5.8
Java: 17.0.11
MacOS: 12.7.5

Is there a recommended configuration to connect via the Bluetooth Interface to a standalone loconet reliable?

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Hej

Full setup:

1) First pair the computer with the BT-interface using the normal Bluetooth tools for the computer.

2) In JMRI, create a new "Connection":
??? System manufacturer: Digitrax
??? System connection: BT Locobridge

?? Then in "Settings: Bluetooth adapter",? you can select the adapter name from 1).
?? It doesn't matter what you select in "Settings: Command station type".

mvh/anders

Thanks for this information and your help. It took me a while to debug this in my free time.

But it didn't solve the problem.

In some situations the Bluetooth-Connection got disconnected – that is increasing over time (weeks/months) and is now at a point where is stops working when JMRI is switching from the small loading-screen to the actual UI. Here a video of this behavior after removing all the JMRI-Settings on the Computer: I added the session.log for a disconnect on this computer.

Just to ensure it's not a problem with the Computer. I tested this on other Macs. One has the same behavior. A other cant connect to the device permanently. It connects, but the blue LED never stops flashing and then it disconnects –?without me doing anything –?on this computer there is some Java installed, but no JMRI. Here a short Video:

Also I tried to connect to a RaspberryPI or an iPhone –?but both cant find the Bluetooth Device. Is that the normal behavior?